ztoo

Cheapest plonk starts around 300 Baht, i never think it's worth carry those duty free bottles throughout my journey just to save $2 as they maybe duty free but they are not profit free and i didn't seem to save very much.
Ciggies might be different but i'm not a puffer.

nomad4u

Yeh an old Thread,but to enlarge on all this confusion,a 750 mill bottle of 100 pipers scotch is approx US$10 bottle in Bangkok.You can also buy the 1 litre bottle.
I usually shop at 7/11 for convenience,but I will start hunting around the local shops to get a better price.
Here on Okker land where I unfortunatly reside,the price we wankers[stupid aussies] now have to pay almost US$30 for a 700 mill bottle of 100 Pipers.
But thats typical Australian,evereything is inflated.
Even the bitches asses.
Oh,and my belly!!!!! Ha!!!

Jackwow

Although only until midnight, after which you can't buy again until I think 11am!!!

nonthaburi

Worth remembering if there's a few of you but if you buy over 10 litres you can buy between 2-5pm . It's a law to enable shop owners to stock up . So a couple of boxes of beer and you're there !:britfl ag:

mangoCondo

OMSJC a law to allow shop owners to stock up.
Of course they could try planning ahead and proper stock control, that would be common sense... oh wait what am I saying!?!

theoldgit

Yes, you can buy alcohol from 11.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 24.00, it's a real pain when we do our big monthly shop at Tesco, we have to ensure we hit the check out before 14.00, or increase our consumption - and that rather defeats the rather archaic law.

Oh and today and tomorrow is some Buddhist festival, so you cannot buy booze for two days.

Debowing

My Mom says there was a similar type of law in UK a very long time ago...Is that true??

nonthaburi

wow , how old are you ? it's not that long ago . Pubs used to shut in the afternoon and open again in the early evening .

wolf5370

It's actually only 2pm to 5pm, 00:00 to 11am, it banned - and most supermarkets and chains follow the rule (some restaurants too - like Pizza Hut - and food hall beer 'gardens'). As said, most corner shops do not and will sell it even on official no-drink days, like elections and certain religious days here.

Wine is expensive here - especially for European stuff - double or tripple the price. It's cheaper in Burma (but may not be the real McKoy). Thai wine is cheaper and can be quite good, but seems very inconsistant (even for the same label). Best place to buy seems to be Macros (same with vodka and non-Thai whisky) - strangely enough.

Be careful of corner shops selling foreign booze as sometimes its local/Burmese knockoffs - which can contain some not-so-good ingregients! (beer and Thai whisky (rum) is fine though)

Alan2005

You know these threads you keep necro'ing are nearly 6 months old right?

wolf5370

Yeah noticed, but they are still at the top of the queue - they are fairly general too and (hopefully) will help anyone else who googles across it. anyway coffee break's over now, so won't be posting for a while now anyway

bakedbean

Well don't put him off. Thailand forum needs livening up sometimes

Catchafire

I have a question.

Chang or Singha?

wolf5370

Ah that's an easy one, Leo.
(Chang out the two - Singha gives me a headache)

Catchafire

Not actually tried Leo, not been in Thailand for over five years now. Thought you meant Beer Lao, which is pretty good, but had never seen it in Thailand.

Chang had always been my go to beer, nothing beats an ice cold 660ml.